RADIO-TELEGRAM TO THE TASHKENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Written:Written on August 30, 1919Published:Published on September 2, 1919, in the newspaperIzvestiaof the C.E.C. of the Turkestan Republic of the Russian Soviet Federation and Tashkent Soviet of Workers’, Soldiers’ and Peasants’ Deputies No. 188.

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      Progress Publishers,1975,

      Moscow,Volume 44,

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ExecutiveCommitteeTashkentCopy to all railwaymen

Inview of the forthcoming union of Soviet Russia and
Soviet Turkestan, it is essential immediately to strain all
efforts for repair of locomotives and rolling-stock. The
Council of Defence directs that all forces at depots and
repair-shops should be mobilised for this purpose. The
victory of the revolution and of the Red Army should be
utilised to improve the economic life of Turkestan and
Russia. Greetings to Red
Turkestan.[1]

LeninChairman, Council of Defence

[1]OnSeptember 1, 1919, a general meeting of trade unions was held
in Tashkent. After hearing Lenin’s telegram, the meeting passed
a resolution which stated: “...Red Tashkent, in the name of Red
Turkestan, vows to fulfil all the assignments given us by the
centre, and the red banner, proudly unfurled over Turkestan, will not
falter in the hands of Red Tashkent.” =

(Iz istorii grazhdanskoi
voiny v SSSR, Vol. 2, 1961, p. 737.)